My little accident on the Woodlore Course!

**MandaPanda** · 18-09-2011, 12:36

After receiving messages of sympathy and urges not to give up on bushcraft I have decided to show you that it's not too bad and I'm not going to give up!

I've had lots of jokes from friends regarding an "encounter with Zorro", am I going to "get 1, 3, 4 & 5 done too to help me count?" or did I get it "filleting a bug?" (hmmm people whose only experience is "I'm a Celebrity- Get Me Out of Here" I think!)

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(I didn't cut it like that, the surgeon did when repairing my extensor tendon!)
Can't bend it properly yet but it's on the mend

**cowboy** · 18-09-2011, 12:42

hope it heals up soon! I don't think there's a person on the forum who hasn't almost taken there finger off with a sharp knife!!

**Seoras** · 18-09-2011, 12:43

Glad you are on the mend now and the Bushcraft bug is still there.

Could be the mark of Harry Potter instead of Zorro ;-)

Cheers

George

**Jinsin456** · 18-09-2011, 12:45

You will regain your confidence soon again mate, I've cut myself a few times, nothing serious but the slightest of differences and it could have been really bad. The main thing is that you will have learnt a valuable lesson and it will ultimately make you better and safer with sharps.

Good to see that your finger is still attached though

**outdoorpaddy** · 18-09-2011, 13:31

oooh mate, that looks a nasty one, well at least you get the zorro joke out of it hahah, thankfully I didn't cut myself with my knife when I was at woodlore and there was only one bleeding cut among the group. Which course were you doing?, I did the fundamental last summer and hoping to do campcraft next year, absolutely loved the fundamental mind you I did manage to cut myself on my bowdrill? Never did figure out how that worked

outdoorpaddy

**Barn Owl** · 18-09-2011, 13:32

Happens to us all Manda.

Had a couple of nicks on both hands last week.

Probably manage some more when I get some puukkos this week. Lol

**southey** · 18-09-2011, 13:35

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

**JonathanD** · 18-09-2011, 13:39

Welcome to the club Manda. It's the parangs you need to watch out for.

**JonathanD** · 18-09-2011, 13:40

Originally Posted by southey

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

I got one of them.

**John Fenna** · 18-09-2011, 13:41

Originally Posted by southey

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

I already got one of those!
I learned not to press so hard during cutting with a scalpel that when the cut is made the scalpel blade hits the cutting board with enough force that it snaps and the broken bit of blade flies back to lay open facial flesh!
Most of my knife scars are from scalpels from my model making days.... I also learned that a sharp blade is less likely to slip as it needs less pressure, that a sharp blade hurts less than a blunt one and that cuts from sharp blades heal faster with less scarring than a blunt one.
I never did learn to change blades sooner than later though.....

**dave53** · 18-09-2011, 13:53

hi manda just think of it as a battle scar lol, glad your not giving up on bushcraft as for the stiffness lots of exercise when its better it will be fine then a bad lesson learned I'm sure,hope it heals soon regards dave

**Pandabean** · 18-09-2011, 13:58

Looks nasty, but its all part of the game. Just another battle scar and makes an interesting story to tell to your workmates.

Hope it heals up nicely

**MandaPanda** · 18-09-2011, 16:45

lol!
Thanks all...
Laughter is the best medicine after all!

**Nonsuch** · 18-09-2011, 17:20

Left hand index finger! The GBSFA's favourite victim. I did mine in just the same place but not quite as badly. Never trusted my SFA since - hugely prefer the Scandinavian FA or the wildlife hatchet. They don't seem to like fingers so much!

**BoonDoc** · 18-09-2011, 17:23

Getting a finger cut is like a right of passage for Bushcrafters. Hope it heals up nicely and you have full use of your fingers.

Cheers

**Kepis** · 18-09-2011, 17:59

Next time there is a Sussex meet, you will have to come along and we can all compare index finger scars, glad to hear you are healing up well though.

Mark

**Toddy** · 18-09-2011, 18:21

That could have been so much worse; glad it's not and that it's properly attended to.

We could put a lot of people off if we had a gallery of the gory wounds and scars

cheers,
Toddy

**Miyagi** · 18-09-2011, 18:36

Originally Posted by southey

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

Are you admitting to wearing blue roll neck sweaters?

Originally Posted by JonathanD

I got one of them.

Me too but age has faded it and it hides amongst the wrinkles now.

Mandapanda, when I was a trainee chef I cut myself loads of times, not too badly but they were awkward to work with till they healed.

All the best

Liam

**southey** · 18-09-2011, 18:54

And blue Y fronts with minimal gentleman veg!

Originally Posted by Miyagi

Are you admitting to wearing blue roll neck sweaters?

Me too but age has faded it and it hides amongst the wrinkles now.

Mandapanda, when I was a trainee chef I cut myself loads of times, not too badly but they were awkward to work with till they healed.

All the best

Liam

**northumbrian** · 18-09-2011, 20:07

u'll have a canny reminder there for next time,lol.
ive carved off chunks of all my left hand nuckles when i was a YTS trainee butcher and all the sympathy i got from the head butcher was ( " ive got a bigger cut on the end of my **** " ) what a charming man i worked for ! lol, hope ye heal well soon.

cheers andrew.

**tuxdad** · 18-09-2011, 21:15

Took the tip of my left pinky off, and still going at it.. Glad you're still out there trying.. If anything this is the time to get out even more .. This way you can think outside the box, and learn to adapt..

I was never more suprised at how much a splinted pinky finger can get in the way and actually how much it hurts...lol

Heal up fast !!

**Mikey P** · 23-10-2011, 11:59

'Tis but a flesh wound!'

But I bet it smarted a bit when you did it!

It's better than a tattoo anyway.

I've got a nice arc scar across the base of my left thumb. It's in such a place that I can't help but clock it whenever I'm holding anything to cut. It reminds me not to be a nob and to take my time and do things properly.

**mrcharly** · 23-10-2011, 14:02

I keep getting my right thumb with a knife when whittling. It happens when my hand is getting so tired it's shaking - I should stop - then the knife reminds me it's time to stop with a little sting.

**the interceptor boy** · 23-10-2011, 15:36

keep it clean and once it starts to heel rub honey in the wound, and eventually you won't have a nasty scar for years to come, running honey is antibacterial and will heel much quicker. Tc. cheers the interceptor boy.

**Chasing Rainbows** · 24-10-2011, 09:46

Originally Posted by southey

COOL scar!

I agree. That is going to leave a seriously cool looking scar. My latest injury was very close to hitting the tendon in my pinky.....I did it with a teaspoon!

(seriously)

Have you ever heard of granuflex dressings? I swear they have magical healing properties! I'll start a wee thread about it the now.

**Paganwolf** · 24-10-2011, 10:35

Ouch! hope it heals quickly, lesson learnt...

**Zingmo** · 24-10-2011, 14:17

I recently discovered these gloves. They are rated as cut resistance level 5 (which is high) yet they fit really snugly so you don't lose dexterity. I don't usually wear gloves when I'm using a knife as I worry that the gloves will make it more likely that I will slip. These seem to answer that problem. No affiliation blah, blah, blah...

Cool scar though! Keep it moving so it doesn't stiffen up.

Z

**OakTinder** · 25-10-2011, 04:32

Originally Posted by MandaPanda

After receiving messages of sympathy and urges not to give up on bushcraft I have decided to show you that it's not too bad and I'm not going to give up!

I've had lots of jokes from friends regarding an "encounter with Zorro", am I going to "get 1, 3, 4 & 5 done too to help me count?" or did I get it "filleting a bug?" (hmmm people whose only experience is "I'm a Celebrity- Get Me Out of Here" I think!)

IMG_0143v2.jpg

(I didn't cut it like that, the surgeon did when repairing my extensor tendon!)
Can't bend it properly yet but it's on the mend

You arent the only one thats cut a tenon

Cut mine Sept 5th it takes awhile to get the flex back in midevil thereopy... I mean physcial therepoy lol

**swampy99** · 25-10-2011, 07:08

Originally Posted by OakTinder

You arent the only one thats cut a tenon

Cut mine Sept 5th it takes awhile to get the flex back in midevil thereopy... I mean physcial therepoy lol

Done the same thing with my left thumb. Done the EPL tendon. 12 weeks off work. have 98% flex back aches in the cold and numb around the scar and that was 4 years ago. Now very careful with sharp things.

**oldtimer** · 29-11-2011, 11:20

I never feel a knife is really mine until I've been cut by it. My latest SAK is still a virgin!

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